Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Revitalising a Hurco BNC30 3 axis CNC Mill

Hi guys,

There is also a version of EMC running on puppy linux
available from thecooltool.com under the downloads
section. I haven't used it, but I have booted the disk
and it works great - puppy runs on just about any
configuration.

Regards,
Brian
--- Stephen Wille Padnos <spadnos@...> wrote:

> Wayne Weedon wrote:
>
> >Jon Elson wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Polaraligned wrote:
> >>
> >>cept EMC, of course. We have a 10 ton Mazak at
> Roland Friestad's shop
> >>with a tool carousel and a very intricate tool
> change sequence running
> >>under EMC. Hell of a machine, but it won't fit in
> my basement, that's for
> >>sure.
> >>
> >>
> >Saw that machine Jon, and glad to say the EMC guys
> have obviously been
> >busy. I'll take back anything I may have said or
> indeed thought about
> >it LOL...
> >
> >I recently downloaded the Live CD ISO, but nowhere
> I could find the
> >minimum pc requirements to run EMC2? Only spare
> machine I had here was
> >probably too low on memory for the live demo.
> Tried installing it but
> >gave up when the partition manager had not started
> 1 hour after that
> >stage. No text based installer on the disk?
> >
> >
> Unfortunately, there isn't a text-based installer
> for the LiveCD. It is
> Live, after all :)
>
> Since it's a live OS, using Ramdisk for some things
> that would otherwise
> come off the CD, the memory footprint is pretty
> high. Just about any
> computer can run Ubuntu once it's installed, but
> getting there can be a
> problem. As a suggestion, use at least a P3 (or
> celeron) of 400 MHz or
> higher. There are a couple of things you can do to
> install on "low
> memory" computers. Option 1 is to add some RAM
> while installing, then
> take it out once the install is done. You shuold be
> able to install
> with 256M in the machine, but 512M may be better.
> Once installed, you
> should be able to go down to 128M (though 256M is
> more comfortable).
> Option 2 is to make a swap partition on the hard
> disk, then boot the
> LiveCD and install - it should use a swap partition
> if it finds one.
>
> >What I do like is the attempt to well define
> methods for adding extra
> >functions and the inclusion of classic ladder
> athough I have not
> >studiedit in too much depth yet.
> >
> >As much as I like Mach, and I use it daily to run a
> Leadwell VMC, adding
> >stuff like atc's is not easy or maybe even possible
> to achieve in the
> >original form without jumping through hoops, or
> cludging in some way.
> >
> >I have many machines here to retrofit, and will be
> looking more closely
> >into emc as I get time.
> >
> >Wayne...
> >
> >
> Another thing to note, which a lot of people seem to
> forget here, is
> that EMC can let you use more of the old hardware
> that's on a machine
> like the OP mentioned. You can run analog servos
> (with any combination
> of 4 or so interface cards), and you can do it with
> full feedback / PID
> control. You should find (though I haven't had the
> chance to do testing
> on my own) that you get better finishes with analog
> servo drives than
> you will with step/dir drives.
>
> - Steve
>

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